Elon Musk has announced that Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to fund his AI startup xAI, even as the company faces backlash over antisemitic content generated by its chatbot, Grok. The move has drawn comparisons to previous controversial business decisions made by Musk, raising questions about corporate governance and priorities.
Former President Trump intensified his feud with Elon Musk amid fierce debate over his massive tax-and-spending package, dubbed the "One Big Beautiful Bill."
ESPN host Stephen A. Smith has thrown his support behind Elon Musk’s idea of forming a new centrist political party, stepping into the ongoing public spat between Musk and President Donald Trump. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO proposed the concept in a recent poll, asking if it was time to create a party that represents the “80 percent in the middle.”
The feud between Elon Musk and President Donald Trump escalated sharply Thursday as Musk accused Trump of being named in the unreleased Jeffrey Epstein client files. The claim adds fuel to a growing public spat between the two figures over policy, personal loyalty, and federal spending.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is facing little media scrutiny after making a one-handed gesture during a California speech Saturday—despite similar gestures from Elon Musk and Steve Bannon being labeled “Nazi salutes” earlier this year. Booker’s move—placing his hand over his heart before extending it outward—mirrored Musk’s widely condemned gesture at a Trump event in February.
U2 frontman Bono faced fierce pushback on “The Joe Rogan Experience” podcast after claiming the Trump administration’s disbandment of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) caused 300,000 deaths. Rogan and Elon Musk quickly challenged the singer’s claim, calling it baseless and untested.
President Donald Trump presented Elon Musk with a symbolic gold key to the White House on Friday, praising Musk’s work as head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The send-off, held in the Oval Office, marked the end of Musk’s special government employee tenure, limited by law to 130 days. Trump hailed Musk’s leadership in rooting out government waste, fraud, and abuse, calling him “one of the greatest business leaders and innovators the world has ever produced.”
